Author: William Maskell

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2019-01-24

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 9780364057766

Excerpt from Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae, Vol. 1 of 2: Or Occasional Offices of the Church of England According to the Ancient Use of Salisbury, the Prymer in English and Other Prayers and Forms, With Dissertations and Notes Cannot think that any, even a short, Preface to these volumes is of absolute necessity. They will suffi ciently explain themselves: and are intended to supply, according to the profession of their titlepages, some information respecting the ritual and offices of the Church of Eng land, during the centuries immediately preced ing the Reformation. And this information has been sought for, in the only fit repositories of it, that is, in the actual documents themselves which may yet be extant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.